Hey Senate Geniuses--Here's how you do it!!! Get it right, Damn It!

[autorank]

You don't count the votes now and say "We don't have the votes" if you really want to run the game.

You say, "We expect solid support but we're going to DO WHAT'S RIGHT. Enough is enough."

Then you let Kerry start, do the "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" thing...then shame the turncoat Democrats into supporting the filibuster because, otherwise, they will look like turncoats (and after all, "they can't stand the truth"). Then the turncoat Democrats have two choices: 1) enunciate their treachery in supporting an anti-Roe, tyranny supporting, right winger or 2) applaud Kerry's courage and fall in line.

Harry, use the gutlessness of the reluctant Democrat Senators for your own purposes.

DO NOT BLOW THIS. THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.

"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" Filibuster, he won!!!



Reid's Says Not Enough Votes for Filibuster

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2006-01-27T202257Z_01_N27346565_RTRUKOC_0_US-COURT-ALITO.xml

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said on Friday he and fellow Democrats lack the votes to block President George W. Bush's nomination of conservative appeals judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court

[FULL_METAL_HAT]

1. Spine is as spine does...

If only there was an internet protocol for Spine Transmission!!

[autorank]

3. "Get Some"

[AuntiBush]

60. Logged-in to say "THANK YOU" AutoRank!

"Them's fightin' words!" And good ones at that. :thumbsup:

The one link to the courts.org took all of 3 seconds and bingo, out went an email to all 13 Senators.

[O.M.B.inOhio]

2. right on! eom

[StClone]

4. And they don't need us calling them

To do what is obviously correct.

[understandinglife]

11. Thank you!!! K&R.

Peace.

[Czolgosz]

5. Make all the Republicans and DINOs go on the record for this miscarriage

of justice.

[autorank]

6. You've got it...all the weasels, guttless wonders...vote and display votes

I'm so fucking tired of the "loser" mentality. At best, * has 42% and that's from the bogus CBS poll. He's really 34-35% support and a whopping 60% thinkingi he's a idiot.

What are they waiting for, 80% disapproval?

[mom cat]

7. Also...think strategically: We have to convince some Repubs to

1. Oppose cloture or at least abstain from the vote
2. Oppose the nuke.

Check this out for more info:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x260594

[autorank]

8. I know that. The defeatism and resignation is getting me concerned...

...has there been a mass lobotomy.

John Kerry will carry the ball...get off your asses and do some blocking!

[mom cat]

9. Exactly!

[fooj]

17. Where is the decency in the Republican Party? They are really

Rotten to the core. It's mindboggling!

Peace.

[FogerRox]

31. thats right

Hand Kerry the ball

We need a Tackle eligible to pull, and lay out the Defensive end

We need a blocking tight end to lay out the Middle linebacker

We need a FIREPLUG of a full back at the point of attack-

We need a wide out, down field, taking the Corner back out of the play.

Right on Brother, AUTORANK-- think outside the box-- NO Fuck that-- build a new box. These are new times we need a new box entirely.

[unkachuck]

10. didn't Mr. Smith....

....say in that movie it was the LOST causes you fight the HARDEST for? C'mon Senate Dems, no hiding behind fall-guys with lame excuses, get out their and MAKE this filibuster WORK. Please....

[rateyes]

12. Damn....

what does it take to give them the spine to do it? We are standing around in a circular firing-squad...It's the PEOPLE stupid...we don't like this guy...represent US for once in your miserable lives Senate DEMS.

[John Q. Citizen]

13. I suspect Mr. Reid may be right, but he's still taking about a filibuster,

here, and I think there is going to be one, one way or another. It's up to the Republicans to get cloture, and the fact Harry Reid is still talking about a filibuster is a good thing, along with his statement of moral support by voting against cloture.

[autorank]

20. I hope Harry lets loose! Just swings from the floor and goes for it.

This is no time to be temperate. The odds are against us, it's time for heorics. Who better than that, than Kerry.

[AZBlue]

14. And if, God forbid, it doesn't work, at least they took a stand

instead of rolling over and letting the Republicans win without a fight.

[fooj]

18. That's what this country so desperately needs...

Patriots WHO TAKE A STAND!

Peace.

[babylonsister]

15. It's called framing the issue effectively. Thanks! nt

[fooj]

16. This is so frustrating. It's so simple. It's about WHO we are.

It's about what we stand for. It's right at the core of our principles. It's about being an authentic American.

I'm beginning to feel as though we still have a chance! My beloved country is worth FIGHTING FOR!

Truth is our most powerful weapon.



Peace.:hug:

[stepnw1f]

19. We Need to Be Who We Are, and We Will Win

every time

[omega minimo]

21. ...then the Miracle-- some Repubs pull their heads out of the their asses

and vote NO!

Of COURSE you've got to FIGHT as if it MATTERS! Our votes have been just as much an Act of Faith for decades!! even before the bald-faced theft of national elections.

Thought it was great that Sen. Kerry emphsised "NOW-- you don't come back and fix this at some Later Time!" He put it in their faces that there is no Later if they don't act NOW.

Where are the Repubs that understand and CARE about the Constitution? And what the Hell happened to Byrd? Wavin his little copy of the "goddamned piece of paper" in the air like it still MEANS something...................................


The last time things looked really really dark and I told friends to believe in miracles, next thing ya know JEFFORDS LEFT THE REPUGS.

:hi:

[autorank]

24. I bleev...but they're testing my faith. But WTF, it's a privilege to be

able to fight the Alito-Roberts judicial fraud without bullets flying in our direction. It could be worse.

:hi:

[omega minimo]

25. The photo of "Mr. Smith" is perfect

everyone has gotten used to a constant climate of cynical "strategery" and giving up before even trying because they know how it's gonna turn out.

Giving up your beliefs because that's what you think everyone else is doing is hypocritical-- and totally un-American. Cindy Sheehan went to sit in a ditch and kick started a movement. She said she thought she'd be there on her own and the first night 700 people showed up.

Bleeve. I'm even willing to bleeve in the potential for Repugs to have a (Constitutional, not homocidal) conscience.

:thumbsup:

[EFerrari]

22. "Senate Geniuses"

:rofl:

[autorank]

23. It's an Oxy "Moran"

:hi:

[radio4progressives]

26. Has this been astro turfed yet? if not get the thing going with big guns.

:kick: and nominated! :applause:

[stellanoir]

27. "Senate Geniuses" indeed

Would that they were.

Lately I've been noticing a greater degree of arrogance within the RW nuts than ever before. Yes they've always been so but now the RW spinners don't even bother to defend their gross violations of the law or corporate favoritism. The media has become even more coopted.

The RW just says, "but we keep winning and you've got nothing." We all know the vote is no longer reflective of the will of the people and we know why. The fatalism of the opposition party is grueling to watch.

Well I don't really believe that * has 42% support. I feel it's truly way lower than 20%.

If Alito is in, rites of the individual are down the tubes and * is has absolute domestic impunity.

Bold maneuverings are required for sure. Will Pitt's idea of walking out of the SOTU was one of the best idea i heard of in ages. Hope it got some traction.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012206A.shtml

[autorank]

58. Wonderful. 20% is really closer than 42%

The arrogance of the right wing and the temperance of the Democrats is combining to forge a major new party, maybe the Real Democratic Party...fun, it's the next big thing. Rokken!

[MelissaB]

28. Damn it, Auto!

I've just got to K&R this post! Enough is enough!

:kick:

[seabeyond]

29. Harry, use the gutlessness reluctant Democrat ... every single post

gutless my ass. the dems that are not voting the way you want are not GUTLESS, SPINELESS, BALL LESS..... standing up to you shows that they are not. they are not voting how you want. feels like a big, lets ridicule and shame them to my vote. how effective is that? it isnt. it makes a person stand their ground, to show you they are not gutless spineless or afraid. but... what you do accomplish is keep ths stupid ass, non factual perception going about our dems, for the media and repugs to use.....

when are we going to be clever enough NOT to fall for roves game?????

[texpatriot2004]

30. Well said Autorank! Agreed. nm

[FogerRox]

32. IF IF IF

IF it comes down to it-- and we do filibuster--- and we make our case on the floor of the Senate--- how many will come over to our side?

How many will start getting letters and calls and emails-- they are RIGHT -- stop ALito- I ve changed my mind.

HOw many will get the message from the speaches on the Senate FLoor?

Yes - it would be a miracle-- But it might happen-- so I want to try it.

SO Kerry has called for the ball-

-- I say GIVE THE DAMN BALL TO KERRY--

Hand Kerry the ball

We need a Tackle eligible-Ted Kennedy-to pull, and lay out the Defensive end,

We need a blocking tight end Chris Dodd-to lay out the Middle linebacker-

We need a FIREPLUG of a full back HArry "give 'em hell" Reid -at the point of attack-

We need a wide out,Russ Fiengold -down field, taking the Cornerback out of the play.


Kerrys got the ball, hes at the 10, the 15, Senator Boxer blocks Senator Frist, Kerry is at the 20

[texpatriot2004]

65. I like your play-by-play...thanks nm

[EVDebs]

33. Alito's 'pass' of Reagan era REX84 plans for 'suspension of Constitution'

Needs a thorough examination. During Reagan's sleepwalk through the presidency, many Executive Orders passed 'constitutionality' reviews by Alito's DOJ/Office of Legal Counsel to the White House. Alito most likely reviewed, and allowed passage, of the planning for 'suspension of the Constitution' from which we learned only during Ollie North's Iran/Contra testimony.

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/pages/fema.html

'Readiness Exercise 84' is another description of this plan I've heard given.

""Oliver North enters the story here. From 1982 to 1984, North was assigned by National Security Advisor and fellow Iran-Contra conspirator Robert McFarlane to work on the EMPB. Former General Louis Giuffrida was at EMPB as well. According to Covert Action Quarterly, "By forming the Emergency Mobilization Preparedness Board, Ronald Reagan made it possible for a small group of people, under the authority of the NSC, to wield enormous power. They, in turn, used this executive authority to change civil defense planning into a military/police version" of domestic control. While at EMPB, North revised contingency plans for dealing with nuclear war, domestic insurrection and massive military mobilization.

Giuffrida and North worked to refine and implement Operation GARDEN PLOT, a plan to suspend the Constitution in the event of a national crisis, such as widespread internal opposition to a U.S. military invasion abroad. GARDEN PLOT was actually implemented during LA's Rodney King Riots in the form of street curfews as well as in recent anti-globalization protests.

In 1983, at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, FEMA's General Frank S. Salcedo recommended expanding FEMA's power even further. As he saw it at least 100,000 U.S. citizens, from survivalists to tax protesters, were serious threats to civil security. Salcedo saw FEMA's new frontier as the protection of industrial and government leaders from assassination, and the protection of civil and military installations from sabotage or attack. Notable for stations such as this one, Salcedo warned against dissident groups gaining access to U.S. opinion or a global audience in times of crisis. FEMA and the Department of Defense began a continuing tradition of biannual joint exercises to test civilian mobilization, civil security emergency and counterterrorism plans. The Rex-84 Alpha Explan (Readiness Exercise 1984, Exercise Plan) showed that FEMA lead 34 other federal agencies, including CIA, FBI, and U.S. Treasury, in a massive civil readiness exercise. It was conducted in coordination with "Night Train 84," a worldwide military command post exercise, based on multi-emergency scenarios operating both abroad and at home. The exercises envisioned that the previously mentioned 100,000 U.S. citizens, labeled "national security threats" would be rounded up and thrown into concentration camps.""

http://www.nogw.com/articles/fearing_fema.html


Currently, it appears that the reorganization of DHS has now placed ICE - Immigration and Customs Enforecment, as the new 'intelligence' wing of the DHS and repositioning of the now inflammatory FEMA as lead agency for REX 84-style data gathering and 'enforcer' of the Executive Orders.

[freedomfries]

34. kick & rec

He/she who dares wins!
Thanks for posting autorank!
Let's keep up local calls and faxes rolling in.

[EVDebs]

35. Audacity, audacity, always audacity

--Gen Patton c/o some other general from the past he was 'channeling' !

[autorank]

57. Unitarian Dominionist Tyrany....Debs, I'm stunned.

Why do we happily surrender our freedom and our Constitution to these idiots.

It's all done in a dark alley by a sleazy star chamber choir of shrill voices.

I'm sick and tired of taking this s**t from these demented fools.

Thank you for sharing this.

[senseandsensibility]

36. You should send this to all the senators

Seriously. I think they are incapable of thinking in these terms. Someone or something needs to lead them by the hand. They need it spelled out for them as though they were six years old.

[FogerRox]

37. KICK n.t

[mopinko]

38. i am frustrated with the lack of understanding of the strategery

you don't vote for a filibuster. repeat after me, there is no such thing as a vote for a filibuster.
there is no such thing as a vote for a filibuster.
there is no such thing as a vote for a filibuster.
there is no such thing as a vote for a filibuster.
they have to come up with 60 votes against. (nuclear option is another issue. i understand. let's consider that separately for now)
so, senators that are against alito, but afraid of the filibuster, can just STAY AWAY!!! let a lobbyist take you on a golf trip, get the flu, pretend you care about your family, and go home for a few days.
let these bastards twist in the wind for a while. nurse your grudge. hold out for some pork. make them wheel and deal. wear a wire, and record their threats. even the few remaining halfway sane republicans can use some leverage on their leadership. i suggest that they are all feeling a little punk, and ought to get a little sleep.
keep this going until after sotu. make the whores include this footnote in their fawning, slobbering coverage of the lies. * delivers speech. dems still talking.

(just btw- if the filibuster is still going, what has to happen procedurally to allow the joint session to commence?????)

[autorank]

39. Excellent...Make them ask Kerry to yield the floor....he could say...

Yield the office you "election stealing" liars, then I'll yield the floor."

You're right, make it hurt. But here's the thing, when have the Democrats stood up and fought the Republicans? Exactly once, on social security. Full party unity, strict adherence to strategy, and it worked.

This time, we've got a public that's furious with *. It's the perfect time to stand and fight. As it becomes an issue, support will grow, we will prevail, not just get some pork.

The Republicans can go screw themselves if they think a Lindsay Graham coached witness can fool the American public.

[mopinko]

41. it just seems like the kind of fight these chickens could wage.

just stay in your little hidey-hole until the shooting stops.

[kpete]

40. We are the revolution

If not now - when?

[Zodiak]

42. Read my sig line n/t

[autorank]

48. Precisely! n/t

[Inland]

43. That's the ticket! nt

[bleever]

44. Senator Reid, stand up and say something like this:

"We didn't do this to break the government. We did this because the government is already broken, and it's broken because that's what the Republicans have been trying to do. Cut the minority completely out of the picture, disable the two party system, and let the 'tyranny of the majority' that our founding fathers feared take over. Disable the checks and balances of the three branches of government, first by gaining and holding controlling majorities in both houses of Congress by whatever means necessary, regardless of established ethics, and also by creating a Supreme Court that is reluctant to question the Executive branch. And finally, to change the historic rules of the Senate, the world's greatest deliberative body, so that by getting just a single vote over 50%, they can force a choice onto 100% of the American people.

"It is time to stand up to these anti-Constitutional tendencies and say, No. We believe in the wisdom of the Constitution, with its three equal branches of government, and will not let them be undone. To say, No, never before in American history has fear caused us to turn our back on the Constitution, and we will not let it be done now.

"President Bush has his opportunity to tell the American people what he sees as the state of our union. We want it to be clear to the American people that no man, no president, can use the threats that face America to say that we should weaken essential American liberties. Because anyone who believes that threats justify weakening our liberties, in the end only weakens America. If fact, America is strongest when it stays true to itself. To its liberties, to its founders' vision, and to its innate ability to withstand any attack or foe, without flinching."

[sundancekid]

45. BEAUTIFUL! and can I add my fantasy line at the very end? - as an

underbreath, vocal aside???

Reid, then summarized with:

"Strict constitutional constructionists, my chapped, red ass!"

OK, I've returned now, but dang, it still sounds good on my wish list.

[bleever]

46. LOL. I can hear it!

:thumbsup:

[autorank]

47. Eloquent and patriotic...you belie your epigrammatic style;)

We now have the plot, from start to finish thanks to Frank Capra (who rarely missed).

We have the rationale.

And now, you've written an eloquent speech of real substance, and at the same time, filled with juicy sound bytes.

We've done our job, the DU "Imagine-eers," lets see our Senators rock the house!

[Straight Shooter]

49. Excellent, bleever.

Please send to BuzzFlash. Maybe they'll put it on their front page as a reader contribution.

:patriot:

[bleever]

52. Sent it. Thanks.

:patriot:

[rumpel]

50. I hope you sent this to Sen Reid and all others.

[bleever]

53. Faxed it to Reid. Thanks.

:patriot:

[bleever]

54. Also used PFAW's one-click fax to send to nine other Senators:

http://www.savethecourt.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=mwK0JbNTJrF&b=1387741&action=5400&template=x.ascx

[rumpel]

51. Great post, autorank, thanks. K&R

[FogerRox]

55. [Positive thinking] we need 51 votes to stop ALito dead inhis tracks

[autorank]

56. Thank you!!!

[Stinky The Clown]

59. Courage and effectiveness is a matter of self-perception

Maybe our wishy-washies could take a lesson from this guy ......
http://academic.scranton.edu.nyud.net:8090/student/DELTOROL2/Squirl.JPG

[bleever]

61. Not all nuts are gathered.

Some are already there, waiting to be used.

:thumbsup:

[autorank]

63. Oh, you are in so much trouble with Mrs. Sparkly!

:rofl:

Good to see you.

[TayTay]

62. I love this!

Thanks for posting. Gawd, I love DU. It's impossible to get tired, there are just too many here to rev you up again. I love it!

[autorank]

64. Kerry is our "Mr. Smith"

This one


or even this one...


Take your pick;)

John Kerry Rocks the House

[Totally Committed]

66. This belongs on this thread, too....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x264746#264814

TC

[autorank]

67. It sure does. Our representatives need to sign a contract ... with us!

The contract should have sections included in all contracts signed by elected and appointed officials and specific language for each representative and appointee.

Wow, what a concept! Basics: uphold Constitution; proof they've read and studied it; promise to not show favors to those who contributed, not show favors to those who worked for them, not show favors for relatives, in laws, friends. Define favors, define process whereby any questions are asked immediately and answered on possible conflicts of interest. Specify penalties for those who break the rules - automatic 5 year jail sentence to start plus penalty for additional legal violation(s).

A comprehensive contract for leaders has a great precedent and track record. The Republic of Venice was amazingly prosperous, productive and FREE for over 600 years. This wonderful nation even thrived during the Middle Ages. The leaders of Venice, especially the Doge, had to sign such contracts. They were serious documents and people were held to them. The government of Venice was amazingly honest. The "most serene Republic" (Serenisima) was hated by the rest of Europe. They were a REPUBLIC, they had no inherited anything whatsoever, and they were so tolerant that a main function of their secret police was to watch the religious "intolerants" who tried to spread ignorance in their realm. In addition, the other European states resented how Venice handled "The Crusades." Venice traded and got along well with the Moslems, who were quite advanced at the time. They would land the Crusaders at a point that the Moslems always seemed to know. In addition, on the voyages, when the Venetian boats were well out to sea on the voyage, they would charge unbelievable prices for water and food, which the clod hoppers from France, England, Germany, etc. had to pay. The Republic of Venice should be our model.